The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Mathematics started with numbers—clear, concrete, intuitive. Over the last two centuries, however, it has become a far more abstract ...

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In an attempt to attract more freshmen to theoretical mathematics, the math department expanded its offerings this school year. Last fall, it introduced the MATH 60 “Modern Mathematics: Discrete ...

Core ideas of calculus remain vital for STEM fields, but other mathematical areas have grown in importance. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com The mathematics education system in the U.S. is overdue ...

Math as both profession and course of study can be a hard sell, something even Don Draper might have trouble pitching. The field unites numbers, theories, and ideas that, yes, can be physically ...

Albert Einstein wrote her obituary. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in ...